After Hours Action: Texas Instruments, Amgen...

After the bell the traders pored over results from Texas Instruments and Amgen. How should you trade these names in the wake of earnings?

AFTER HOURS ACTION: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS

Texas Instruments posted higher-than-expected results Monday, but shares were flat after the firm gave a tepid outlook for the current quarter.

Looking at the numbers, the chipmaker reported fiscal third-quarter earnings of 71 cents a share. TI earned 42 cents a share during the same period a year earlier.

Sales for the most recent quarter rose to $3.74 billion, up from $2.88 billion last year.

The company was seen earning 69 cents a share on revenue of $3.69 billion, according to a consensus estimate from Thomson Reuters.

The company said it expects fiscal fourth-quarter revenue between $3.36 billion and $3.64 billion and earnings of 59 cents to 67 cents a share.

Wall Street analysts expected fourth quarter revenue of $3.51 billion and earnings of 63 cents a share.

What's the trade?

It’s the guidance that investors didn’t like, explains Tim Seymour. TI is saying the consumer isn’t strong and that’s spooked investors a little because other companies didn’t really say that. However, if you’re a long-term investor I think the stock is cheap.

I’m also a buyer, says Stephen Weiss, author of The Billion Dollar Mistake.

There was nothing in the report that I thought was terribly damaging, adds Joe Terranova. I’m a buyer on dips.

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AFTER HOURS ACTION: AMGEN

Shares of Amgen slipped modestly in extended trade after the company reported that its third-quarter profit fell on declining sales of some of its biggest drugs, but the results exceeded Wall Street's tempered expectations.

Looking at the numbers, the world's largest biotechnology company posted a net profit of $1.24 billion, or $1.28 per share, down from a profit of $1.39 billion, or $1.36 per share, a year ago.

Excluding items, Amgen earned $1.36 per share. Analysts on average expected $1.27, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.

Revenue was flat at $3.82 billion and shy of Wall Street estimates of $3.77 billion.

The company maintained its full-year forecast for revenue slightly below $15.1 billion, which had been the bottom of an earlier forecast range, and still sees adjusted earnings toward the low end of $5.05 to $5.25 per share range.

What's the trade?

My price target is $69, says Baird analyst Chris Raymond, and I think the stock can get there if it gets positive results from its new bone cancer drug. However my top picks in the space are BioMarin and Dendreon .

The biotech space is risky, reminds Karen Finerman. I prefer playing with the XBI and the IBB to diversify that risk, she says. However, I playing the consolidation story.

For more on this trade check out our entire conversation with Baird analyst Chris Raymond. Watch the video here!


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For Chris Raymond
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